Land of the Inbred Butterhuffers: Qatar!

The Qatari people, come under little scrutiny from many outsiders, but boy, I'm realizing these people surely are an obese and incredibly sedentary people!

A fascinating study of what happens when you have a number of things going on at once, creating a perfect storm.

The natives of Qatar are mega-rich, waited on hand and foot.


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"... Hassan Tiaz, 19, told Atlantic magazine: It's because in Qatar we just sit, smoke and eat junk food.

'There's not too much work. Everything is automatic and most of us just sit in air-conditioned offices and cars. Everything is done for us.'

The nation also suffers from a high rate of birth defects and genetic disorders - which experts put down to the custom of inter-marriage between close family members and cousins.

Sharoud Al-Jundi Matthis, the program manager at the Qatar Diabetes Association, said: 'It's a very, very serious problem facing the future of Qatar.

'They're concentrating the gene pool, and at the same time, they're facing rapid affluence... "



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